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One Of Javon Walker's Mystery Assailants Arrested
The puzzling kidnapping and subsequent knock-da-fuh-out-ing of Raiders' receiver Javon Walker has finally resulted in an arrest. Las Vegas police have arrested and charged 30-year-old Arfat Fadel and charged him with kidnapping, robbery and other felonies....
Ballgirls In The Pacific Coast League Are Especially Nimble
Here's a video that's been making the rounds the past couple of days, showing a ballgirl making a rather unbelievable catch of a foul ball during a Fresno Grizzlies game at Chukchansi Park. Pretty impressive; even when you discover that it was staged. It's actually a Gatorade commercial which was fi...
They Sure Know How To Celebrate A Win In Russia
You think Boston fans were out of control after the Celtics won the NBA Finals? (OK, maybe they weren't.) Regardless, nobody has anything on the Russians....
Who's Sorry Now? ESPN Columnist Edition
I wanted the final Who's Sorry Now? post during Will's tenure to be a memorable one, and this one's a doozy. Jemele Hill's latest column over at the Page Dos includes the phrase "I'm sorry," not once, but three times ... plus dozens of other variations of the term sprinkled throughout. It's a mea cu...
Smack My Bitch Up: Major League Baseball's Continuing Domestic Abuse Problem
Today is the second anniversary of Phillies pitcher Brett Myers' post-wife beating game start. Philadelphia magazine writer Rich Rys examines the impact of that decision and how it's affected his career and what it says about Major League Baseball''s handling of domestic violence cases. He can be r...
Twenty Years For Remy
• Info on Jerry Remy's least favorite interviewer. [Baseball Musings] • Bats in Africa that do not shatter. [Vanity Fair] • How The Netherlands did not learn the lesson of the Indianapolis Colts. [Dave's Football Blog] • Here comes ... Scarlett Ice! [Scarlett Ice] • This Benson business is odd. [The...
The Best Bronze Medal Money Can Buy?
The U.S. Olympic basketball roster was announced on Monday, and looking it over I think that we've finally engineered a lineup that can beat Angora. USA! USA! Getting by Argentina and Lithuania may be more problematic. Anyway, you've got your Kobe Bryant, your LeBron James, your Dwyane Wade, your Ca...
Media Approval Ratings: Michael Smith
There's probably no show on earth that we hammer on more than "Around The Horn," and jeez, how could we not? But of all the regular cast of characters — Mariotti, Plaschke, Paige, what not — Michael Smith (who's probably a semi-regular) seems to escape a lot of hatred....
Someone Hates You Online. Try Not To Be Offended.
When this here site launched on September 8, 2005, we wanted to introduce ourselves to other sports blogs around the Internets. Sports blogs did not start with Deadspin, obviously; there were some great ones out there, from Mr. Irrelevant to Free Darko to SportsPickle. One of our favorites, though, ...
ESPN's Featured Comment Of The Day
ESPN scoured its message boards this morning to find its cleverest, boldest, most enlightening comment, and chose this one above all others ......
The Cardinals Just May Have Changed The Game As We Know It
Dilemma: How to lug a cooler full of refreshing beverages to the bullpen each day without injuring certain medial collateral ligaments? Solution: The motorized cooler. Credit Cardinals' reliever Jason Isringhausen — who had to keep busy somehow while on the 15-day DL — with this upgrade of a regular...
The Politically Incorrect Cow
There's no way we're not seeing that cow in our nightmares. We had no idea he was so ... tall....
Behold The Awesome Offensive Power Of American League Pitchers
Ha! Take that Hank Steinbrenner, you big dolt. Pitchers shouldn't hit? Felix Hernandez hit the first grand slam by an American League pitcher in 37 years, leading the Mariners over the Mets 5-2 on Monday night. Hernandez did get hurt; but not running the bases, as Steinbrenner imagines in his sweaty...
Introducing The Deadspin Morning Video Wrapup
We're trying something new around these parts to see how it goes over. We've asked the great Brian Powell of Awful Announcing to come up with a morning video wrapup of the night's events. It will usually run earlier in the morning, but we like the idea. This morning: Stephen A. Smith's phone troubl...
The Imus Fallout: The Newly Christened Adam Jones Takes Umbrage
Predictably, Don Imus' comments yesterday about Adam "Ex-Pac" Jones have triggered more debate about the old man's motivations: Has he finally lost it? Will he be fired? Is he really just a hood-wearing racist hiding behind a shock jock's microphone? All legitimate questions....
Fresno State Needs More Skullet Power
We always forget how much we enjoy the College World Series. It seems to come along at just the right time; the sports world prepares to settle in for a long summer of low-stakes baseball (with the Olympics tossed in this year, just to keep us awake), so having a tournament in which everyone's play...
About Last Night
What you missed while observing just another typical day in Arkansas ... • College World Series: Hey Bulldog ... Georgia takes 1-0 series lead over Fresno State. • Tennis: Federer Express ... Roger Federer, Serena Williams among usual suspects to win first-round Wimbledon matches. • MLB: Ben Sheets,...
Steven Jackson Gives Colonics A Big 'Thumbs Up '
The St. Louis Rams' Steven Jackson was a colossal bust last season for many fantasy football owners, but he will apparently try anything to not be such a stiff this year. This includes agreeing, per his girlfriend's recommendation, to have a colonic in order to "clean his system out." Not only was...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while eating your enormous MoonPie ... • College World Series: in Omaha, championship series, Game 1, Georgia vs. Fresno State (7 p.m., ET). Lassie to throw out first pitch. [ESPN2] • MLB: Diamondbacks at Red Sox (7 p.m., ET). A matchup not normally found in nature. [ESPN] • MLB: Angel...
ESPN Still Desperately Wants To Be Cool Again
A couple of years ago, some of ESPN's on-air talent was being lured away by another competing cable network that promised them a Daily Show-style vehicle, centered around sports instead of politics. Some were very interested — and some were very disappointed when the deal never went through, especia...